Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947)

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Tierney was born in Brooklyn and earned an athletic scholarship to Manhattan College, but he dropped out to travel around the country, bouncing from job to job. In 1943, RKO studios signed Tierney to a contract when a talent scout spotted him among members of the American-Irish Theater. The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Manhattan College is a Catholic college in New York City. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ...

Early in his career, he appeared in sporting roles in films, including The Ghost Ship and The Falcon Out West.

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Lawrence Tierney in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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But Tierney's run-ins with the law in real life took a toll on his career. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, he was only able to get small parts in movies. He returned to Hollywood in late 1983 and tried to rekindle his acting career by guest-starring on television shows such as Star Trek, Remington Steele, Fame, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons." The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... This article is being rewritten at Star Trek/temp. ... Remington Steele was an American television series first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. ... Look up Fame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Fame may refer to a number of different topics, including: Fame is the condition of being known to the general public. ... Hunter was a police drama television series starring Fred Dryer which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran on primetime into 1987. ... Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade. ... The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in American TV history, with 17 seasons and 356 episodes since it debuted on December 17, 1989 on FOX, and is a spinoff of The Tracey Ullman Show. ...

Tierney died February 26, 2002 in Los Angeles of pneumonia. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an inflammation, usually caused by infection, involving the alveoli of the lungs. ...

Notable films

• Armageddon (1998) (uncredited playing Bruce Willis' father)
• Red (1993)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985)
• Arthur (1981)
• Gloria (1980)
• Female Jungle (1954)
• The Hoodlum (1951)
• The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
• Born to Kill (1947)
• Back to Bataan (1945)
• Dillinger (1945)
• The Falcon Out West (1944) (uncredited)

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External Links

• Tierney tribute
• Writer Eddie Muller's take on Tierney